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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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West Lake Park (later MacArthur Park) from Seventh Street and Alvarado Street, Los Angeles, ca.1930
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West Lake Park (later MacArthur Park) from Seventh Street and Alvarado Street, Los Angeles, ca.1930
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Description
Photograph of a view of West Lake Park (later MacArthur Park) from Seventh Street and Alvarado Street, Los Angeles, ca.1930. The silhouette of an individual is visible in the foreground behind a bench in front of a circular centerpiece in the park. Palm trees surround them and the lake is visible in the distance. Skyscrapers and highrises are visible behind the treetops on the other shore showing what appears to be the Garfield Building.
Asset Metadata
Title
West Lake Park (later MacArthur Park) from Seventh Street and Alvarado Street, Los Angeles, ca.1930
Subject
cities
(adlf),
Lakes
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Parks -- Westlake Park (MacArthur Park)
(file heading),
Parks
(lcsh),
Parks
(adlf),
Westlake Park (later MacArthur Park)
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
7th and Alvarado
(roadway),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1925/1935
Type
images
Format
2 photographs ; photonegatives, b&w : 10 x 13 cm., 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection),
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
(subcollection)
Date Created
1925/1935
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
(photographer)
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
specol@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Copyright
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Access Conditions
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m3714
Identifier
6935 (
accession number
), CHS-6935 (
call number
), CHS-6935 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-4646 (
legacy record id
), chs-m3714 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-3790 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-3792 (
legacy record id
), 1-12-11 (
microfiche number
), 1-12-12 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
4646
Unique identifier
UC119358
Legacy Identifier
CHS-6935.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
9.6 in × 7.4 in at 300dpi
24.4 cm × 18.9 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
Description
The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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